How to get rid of mites on hens?

[Crumpet2020]

I‘ve done everything to get rid of mites, I keep the coop clean, I have diatomaceous earth in the dust bath and coop but I still found mites on one of my birds. What do I do?

 

[Kiki]

DE is worthless when it comes to getting rid of mites.


Invest in permethrin If you want to get rid of them.

 

[Aapomp831]

Try sprinkling some of the D.E (Diatomaceous Earth) onto the chickens with mites. Another thing that might help is mixing a little bit into their food.

Unfortunately, DE has been debunked as far as its parasite killing abilities and its even more worthless when swallowed - moisture deactivates it per say. There is a spray that starts with a P, permethrin or something? That’s what you need - change out the bedding completely and spray the coop down. Should work.

 

[Crumpet2020]

Got it guys!

 

[MickWithChicks]

Some poisons may be effective but not okay to use. And certainly not on poultry you like to eat eggs from or their meat.

Some vets do prescribe poisons that are poisonous and not for poultry.

Permethrin is for poultry, breaks down and should be okay.

If you want to prevent that the mites who come out of the eggs after more weeks you can use diatomaceous earth to prevent a reinfected coop. Baby mites that come out of the eggs get killed by the DE.

Fluralaner has zero withholding as marker residues are so low in trace amounts of eggs. There's a meat withholding of 14 days as that's the time it takes to breakdown in meat to acceptable MRLs.

https://apvma.gov.au/sites/default/...olt_fluralaner_oral_solution_for_chickens.pdf

DE doesn't kill mites - adult or juvenile. Adult mites can live for months. There's a reason that so many threads here say "I tried DE and it didn't work..." -- it's because it doesn't.

I'll go with the science backed, reproducible studies to choose which chemicals to use on my chickens. Sure beats letting them suffer with mites by using ineffective powders such as DE that contain crystalline silicon dioxide and are linked with silicosis in humans and other irreversible lung diseases; imagine what it's doing to the poor chooks who are bathing in it!

 

[Kiki]

Try sprinkling some of the D.E (Diatomaceous Earth) onto the chickens with mites. Another thing that might help is mixing a little bit into their food.

So not true.

 

[Riv-6]

Permethrin works well for mites. I had to clean the coop out completely, spray with Permethrin then repeat once a week for 2 weeks to get rid of the mites. It only kills live mites, not eggs so its necessary to repeat. I treated the chickens with Permethrin dust.

 

[Kiki]

 

[Kiki]

 

[MyHappyGirls]

Where in the world are you?

Exzolt will kill 99% of mites and is a water additive. It's available via prescription from a vet. The active ingredient is fluralaner.

If you can't get Exzolt, Bravecto spot-on works really well too. Also fluralaner based but is topical. I empty a bravecto spot-on (dog or cat) into a fine syringe and administer 0.05ml per chicken to the back of their necks. Works amazingly well and they don't need a second treatment.

What drug is the treatment you use? I have been treating the mites for years, i do everything, clean out the coop And run and yard. I rotate permethrin and spinosad sprays and wipe everything down with vaseline and use the poulty dust. They go away for a few months but they always come back! There are rats that also go away for a few months and when the rats come back around, so do the mites!